dogmom4 Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Is this a good recipe? Pomegranate Jelly 4 cups pomegranate juice 7 1/2 cups white sugar 2 lemons, juiced 1 (6 fluid ounce) container liquid pectin Directions 1.Combine pomegranate and lemon juice with sugar in a large, stainless steel saucepan. Bring to boil over high heat, and at once stir in liquid pectin. Bring to a full rolling boil, and boil exactly 1/2 minute. Remove from heat, and skim off foam. 2.Ladle into hot, sterilized jars to within about 1/4 inch of the top. Seal, and process in a boiling water canner for 10 minutes. Quote Link to comment
Cat Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 **Waiting for Violet** But yeah, I would think it would work. And it sounds good! Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Just recently made a batch of cherry "jam" (if that's what one wants to call it). And I used pretty much that type of recipe except I also added some Arrow Root because I wanted my really-really thick. Almost a "jello" consistency....LOL Quote Link to comment
ScrubbieLady Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 I don't know about this recipe but I have made jelly from commercially bottled juice. Most recipes show how much fruit you need and how much juice you should wind up with. I use the regular recipe for whatever fruit or berry juice I am using. Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 That looks like the recipe I use. I boil and strain my pomegranates to get the required amount of liquid, too many seeds... wait.... they are all seeds. If you can use bottled juice... Waiting for Violet... Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 I've made grape jelly from bottled juice so yes you can. I don't know about your recipe though. The one I used called for bottled juice in the recipe. Quote Link to comment
dogmom4 Posted July 15, 2013 Author Share Posted July 15, 2013 What's your recipe Jeepers? Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Here is what I have for bottled jelly: Grape Jelly 7 Half-Pints 1 Quart Canned Grape Juice (100 % Juice) 1 Package Powered Fruit Pectin 5 ½ C. Sugar Mix juice and pectin in saucepan. Bring to boil. Stir in sugar and return to boil. Boil 2 min. Remove from heat and skim. Pour into half-pint jars. Leave ¼ inch head space. Clean rim. Cap. Water bath 10 min. Apple Jelly 7 Half-Pints 1 Qt. Canned Apple Juice (100% Juice) 1 Package Powered Fruit Pectin 5 Drops Red Food Coloring (optional) 5 ½ C. Sugar Mix juice, color and pectin in saucepan. Bring to boil. Stir in sugar and return to boil. Boil 2 min. Remove from heat and skim. Pour into half-pint jars. Leave ¼ inch head space. Clean rim. Cap. Water bath 10 min. Cinnamon Apple Jelly 7 Half-Pints 1 Qt. Canned Apple Juice 5 ½ C. Sugar 1 Package Powdered Fruit Pectin ⅓C. Red Cinnamon Candies (red hots) Mix juice and pectin in saucepan. Bring to a boil. Add sugar and candy. Stir until well dissolved. Return to a boil for 2 min. Remove from heat. Stir and skim off foam. Pour into half-pint jars. Leave ¼ inch head space. Clean rim. Cap. Water bath 10 min. AND: Strawberry Jam From Frozen Berries 9 ½ Cups 6 – 10 oz. Packages Of Frozen Strawberries 4 Tab. Water 1 Box Sure-jell 6 C. Sugar Thaw fruit. Crush. Add water. Bring fruit, water and Sure-jell to a boil. Add sugar. Boil hard for 1 min. Stir constantly! Remove from heat. Stir and skim off foam. Pour into half-pint jars. Leave ¼ inch head space. Clean rim. Cap. Water bath 10 min. I have no idea why these won't line up on the left side of the screen. Probably has something to do when I copy/pasted from my recipe file. Quote Link to comment
Violet Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Yes, bottled juice is fine. You can even make soda pop jelly ! Root beer, Mt. Dew, Dr. Pepper, all kinds. You just have to use commercial pectin with the juice to get a gel. You can use frozen juice and mix it up, too, and use it. Have fun ! Cranberry jalapeno is good. Quote Link to comment
dogmom4 Posted July 15, 2013 Author Share Posted July 15, 2013 Cranberry jalapeno sounds really good. Have a recipe for that? And...question....does anyone have a tip to get the pectin mixed in without clumping? Or is it not possible? Quote Link to comment
dogmom4 Posted July 15, 2013 Author Share Posted July 15, 2013 Ping! Ping! Ping! Ping! Love that sound. Now I know it's probably better to use fresh fruit but this was so easy...and I can get fresh juice from the farmers market. Quote Link to comment
themartianchick Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 I need to make some jelly soon. I've been freezing raspberries during the past week. Well, only the ones that that I don't cram into my mouth! Quote Link to comment
Violet Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Dogmom, what kind of pectin are you using ? The liquid ? Usually you boil jelly for 1 min, not 1/2 min. Maybe it is not dissolving if you are only boiling 30 seconds. The vinegar is needed due to the low acid peppers. This is really good. Cranberry Pepper Jelly (makes 5 half pints) 1 1/2 cups cranberry juice cocktail1 cup vinegar 5% acidity2-4 jalapeno peppers halved and seeded5 cups sugar1- 3 ounce package liquid fruit pectinCombine juice, vinegar and prepared jalapenos. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and let simmer 10 minutes. Strain the juice. You should have 2 cups liquid. Discard solids. In 4 quart pan, combine liquid and sugar. Bring to full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Stir in pectin . Return to full boil and boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and pour into clean hot jars. Place one dried red pepper in each jar, if desired. Process 10 minutes in boiling water bath. Quote Link to comment
dogmom4 Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 The kind I used was a powder. I'll get liquid next time. I actually broke out my whisk to break it up. I think I'm gonna give the jalapeño jelly a try. Quote Link to comment
rootdiggr Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 The first jelly I ever made was Hawaiian Punch jelly! I used a recipe that called for frozen, concentrated grape juice, and substituted the frozen HP. It was a big hit with my family. A few years ago I thought that I would try it again, but sadly HP no longer comes in frozen concentrate. Just as well. It was REALLY sweet. But awesome on a toasted and buttered English muffin. Quote Link to comment
mom11 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I thought we weren't supposed to use fresh lemons in canning, because they would have varying amounts of acidity and bottled lemon juice had a standard/consistent amount of acidity. I would surely like to use one of the fresh lemons growing in my sunroom, but guess they would be even better in a lemon meringue pie. Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Yum! I just recorded these recipes and notations for posterity! I can't get fruit at reasonable prices but juice is doable! MtRider - thanks y'all! Quote Link to comment
Violet Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Dogmom, you substituted dry powder pectin for liquid ? You cannot do that and have it turn out. Dry pectin is added first to dissolve it and get a gel. Then add the sugar. In liquid, it is opposite, you add the sugar first, then the pectin. They are not interchangeable in recipes. If this is what you did, then it won't dissolve. It depends upon what you are canning if you can use fresh lemon juice . If it is recipe that needs lemon juice for safety, then it must be bottled. If it is just a flavor ingredient, then sometimes fresh lemons are used. If it is added to something already high enough in natural acid, then sometimes fresh is fine. The other high acid ingredients will be enough in a jelly recipe to use fresh if it is a full sugar jelly/jam. Sugar in a full sugar recipe, where you have at least 50% sugar, then it will be a preservative. Low sugar jams and jellies don't have that preserving agent to keep them safe. It is all science based. Sugar binds up water, just like high salt concentrations. Called "water activity". Water in a product will allow molds and other kinds of spoilage to still grow. This is how we can dehydrate foods and keep them from spoiling, it removes enough water so the bacteria won't grow. We use this : FAT TOM, it is a way to remember things that affect food safety in storing foods. These are some of the factors Food Acid Time Temperature Oxygen Moisture Take the first letters to spell FAT TOM Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Can we "can" Violet to preserve her knowledge? Quote Link to comment
dogmom4 Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 I did mix the juice and the dry pectin and then added the sugar. I took a class last year where they talked about doing that with fruit. It did set (gel). I tried one jar and it tastes really good and is just like like jelly. So are they safe for me to have out on a shelf? Quote Link to comment
kappydell Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 rootdiggr, you can make jelly from koolade, and they have a punch flavor...so all is not lost! JELLY 2 package Kool-Aid, any flavor (no sugar added) 1 package Sure-Jell 4 ½ cups granulated sugar 3 ½ cups water Mix water, Sure-Jell and Kool-Aid together. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Stir in sugar. Stir and bring to a full rolling boil that cannot be stirred down. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Quickly skim off foam with a large metal spoon. Pour into jelly glasses and seal. You can freeze or boiling water bath for 5 min. You should be able to concoct some rip-snorting flavors by mixing & matching flavors! Quote Link to comment
CrabGrassAcres Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I cook the juice from my home canned blueberries till it is reduced enough to jell. I can the berries in light syrup, about 1 cup of sugar to a qt of water so I usually add a little more sugar to taste. I don't like it too sweet and I like a strong flavor. I don't use pectin or lemon. I pour it into sterile hot jars while the jelly is hot. Quote Link to comment
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